This week our pod chose to work from the Bessel Van Der Kolk’s book, “The Body Keeps the Score”. The particular chapter we read entitled, “Losing you body, losing your self’, talks about how trauma can shut of the individual’s ability to connect with their body. As we grow, we begin to learn…
What would it mean to pledge my body to the walls of a place or a group of people?
Reading from Asian American, Asian womanist, womanist, and mujerista perspectives, our group was left with questions of how it all relates to…
It is in the intersections that you find new meanings, and rethink old ones. Thus, our reading pod is an amalgamation of both Asian-Contextual theologies and Womanist/Mujerista theologies. I will write primarily from an Asian-contextual lens, but refer to points of commonality…
I went away on a retreat with my church the weekend before my big theology paper was due. I found a corner of our rented house that looked out over the Puget Sound, and somehow, in spite of the distractions around me, the spotty internet connection, and the…
Discussing we were discussing Mercy Amba Oduyoye’s chapter we quickly got distracted wondering: is she is really speaking for all African Women, or rather perhaps Ghanaian women, or women from the Ivory Coast. Our…
“I painted wounds to depict beauty in vulnerability and brokenness. These paintings enfold the grotesque, deformed, contorted look of wounds, yet through the ruptured and punctured appearance, the beauty of their tenderness and fragility emerges.
I apologize it took me awhile to write, I am still sitting here thinking about where to begin.
In our group discussion, we focused on Bessel Van Der Kolk’s book, “The Body Keeps the Score.” We selected chapters that peaked our interest. The chapters we discussed were: In…
The role of the mother-child bond is one that can be synonymous with the way that God hopes to bond with us. Trung Pham explores this relationship in his series on Mothers.
Who is mother to you?How has she affected the way that you view God? What do these…
In reference to the holy spirit, Karen Baker-Fletcher writes, “A healing comes to mind. A healing big enough to hold anger and turn it into justice seeking, rather than vengeance seeking. A healing big enough to hold bitterness, transforming it into peace.” (Dancing with God, 163.)
These were the top 10 stories published by TSS Asian Womanists in 2016. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.